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Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
The Cecil Hemley Memorial Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America "for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern.""PSA Annual Awards Guidelines" Web page at the Web site of the Poetry Society of America, accessed December 18, 2006 The award was established by Jack Stadler, the former Treasurer of the PSA, and his late wife, Ralynne Stadler. Cecil Hemley was a poet and a translator from the Yiddish.Hemley, Cecil (1967) ''Dimensions of Midnight; poetry & prose''; edited by Elaine Gottlieb. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press Each winner receives a $500 prize. Winners *2001: Angie Estes, Judge: Lynn Emanuel *2002: Andrew Zawacki, Judge: Wayne Koestenbaum *2003: Lynn Veach Sadler, Judge: *2004: Fritz Ward, Judge: Susan Stewart *2005: G. C. Waldrep, Judge: Alice Notley *2006: Rusty Morrison, Judge: Cal Bedient *2007: Yerra Sugarman, Judge: Michael Palmer *2008: Brian Henry, Judge: Norma Cole *2009: Melissa Kwasn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poetry Society Of America
The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the society have included such renowned poets as Witter Bynner, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, and Wallace Stevens. History In 1910, the Poetry Society of America held its first official meeting in the National Arts Club in Manhattan, which is still home to the organization today. Jessie Belle Rittenhouse, a founding member and Secretary of the PSA, documented the founding of the Poetry Society of America in her autobiography ''My House of Life'' writing "It was not, however, to be an organization in the formal sense of the word, but founded upon the salon idea, a place where poets would gather to read and discuss their work and that of their contemporaries, the group to be united largely through the hospitality of our hosts at whose apartments it was proposed we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
